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Friday, June 17, 2016

Superintendent's Notes

International Exchange
Program

Educatius International is seeking a host family
for a female student from Brazil who will be here for the first semester only. She is sixteen years old and is
hoping to live with a Jewish family, however that is not mandatory, and we can
make arrangements for her to attend a synagogue with another family. She
is very excited to be coming to Maynard so she can improve her English language
skills and live in the “countryside” where there are farms and horse
stables. She is looking forward to experiencing a school that is very
different from hers in Brazil.

Educatius reimburses host families $800 per month
for their expenses, and because it is considered a reimbursement no taxes are
taken out. Please contact MaryEllen McCarthy atmccarthy.clan@verizon.net for more information.

Important Events and
Reminders:

In
an effort to streamline the Superintendent’s Notes, I will provide important
upcoming events or announcements that have already been posted in previous Superintendent’s
Notes in this section.

Summer Cookbook Club

The Friends of the Maynard Public Library are joining the cookbook club
trend with a twist; it will be in conjunction with the Maynard Farmers' Market. Four cookbooks have been selected to encourage
using in-season, locally raised ingredients. You make a recipe from the
current month's cookbook and bring it to the potluck. We will taste the
dishes and share opinions about the book and what we made. Meetings will
be held at 12pm on the second Monday of each month from June to Sept. The
series kicks off June 13 with Simply in Season by Mary Beth Lind and
Cathleen Hockman-Wert. Copies of the book are on display in the library
lobby and available for checkout.

This notification is being sent to you
in conformance with the Children’s & Families Protection Act (Chapter 85 of
the Acts of 2000). The Act requires we notify you when pesticides are
applied on the outside of public and private schools, day care centers and
school age child care programs.

We are having Fowler School, 3 Tiger Drive and Green Meadow Elementary
School, 5
Tiger Drive, treated with the Sentricon Termite Baiting System in
response to the presence of termites. We selected this treatment method
to reduce risk and hazard to our student population and staff. At various
times during the course of the year, the Waltham Services Company may remove
monitoring devices placed below ground in plastic holding stations and replace
them with baits lethal to termites. The pesticide bait is non-volatile
and not accessible or visible from above.

Please feel free to call me at the
Business Office at 978-897-8251, Mr. Mela, principal at Fowler School at
978-897-6700 or Mrs. Dankner, principal at Green Meadow at 978-897-8246 should
you have questions.

Website: www.mass.gov/agr, then follow the links to the
Children’s Protection page